[Xymon] Is this thing on? SUMMARY UPDATE and POC

[J.C. Cleaver]

As an update:

The 4.4 release is still pending pcre2 work, unfortunately, which is going
to be a requirement for getting things re-added into distributions. That
one is still without ETA.

There's also a crashing bug that's been reported in F38 and F39 (and
rawhide) which prevents xymond_client processing that I've been trying to
track down. The latter, and the several other submitted patches, will be
the 4.3.31 release. I've been waiting for the GCC 14 drop in Rawhide to
test against as well to ensure we don't have new issues introduced there
at the same time. I don't *think* they're related, but after so long since
the last release on the stable branch, I don't want that to be a source of
more instability.


Finally, although using system libraries is strongly preferred, c-ares is
still an included build, and it's been going through a rapid 1.20->1.26
release cycle since the start of October while they fix various reported
issues.


WRT the mailing list, mailman3 is (finally!) fully available on EL9 --
including the web interface needed for signups -- so hoping to complete
the transition to the new server shortly. Just has been a very busy last
two weeks.


Regards,
-jc


On Fri, January 26, 2024 13:44, Kris Springer wrote:
> JC, is there any new info regarding Xymon Server or XymonPSClient being
> updated any time soon?  I know there's been a conversation about it in
> the past few months, but the server's last version release was in 2019
> and the Windows client was last updated then also.  There's been
> significant OS changes both on servers and clients in the past 5 years. 
> Can you please comment on the planned time frame of a release?  I love
> Xymon and I very much want to stick with it, but it's limitations have
> been manifesting a lot in my realm lately and I'm wondering if I should
> look for a new tool.
>
> Kris Springer
>
>
> On 10/3/23 21:40, J.C. Cleaver wrote:
>> On Sun, October 1, 2023 23:19, Bruno Manzoni wrote:
>>> Hi every one
>>>
>>> *I did a POC on GitHub!
>>> *- https://github.com/xymon-monitoring
>>> To include/manage the summary of problem (I did previously on this
>>> mailing list). The mailing list is not really good to follow problems
>>> that take a long time to be resolved (my point of view)
>>> This summary also evolve with some more details (but mainly from me)
>>> and
>>> take a also new form for a better follow up (I hope so) :
>>> https://github.com/xymon-monitoring/problem-solving
>>>
>>> This is only a POC so not official at all, but just for you to see what
>>> I did/what could be done (currently limited by my poor skills)
>>>
>>> You are invited to help me to improve this POC, so to be a member of
>>> this GitHub organization: *let me know your GitHub name*
>>>
>>> Remark:
>>> - *Let me know what you think!*
>>> - *Focus on the general ideas*: *the support (GitHub)* and *the form* I
>>> choose and not to much in the content (I try to make also a good
>>> content, but for sure this will need many more work, I would like first
>>> to add latest feedback: WIP)
>>> - Constructive comment about anything is always welcome!
>>> - And as English is not my language: do not hesitate also to correct
>>> it.
>>> - Positive feedback also motivate...
>>>
>>> *We still have an urgent problem: the mailing list *(see detail on the
>>> POC or in this mailing list)
>> Thank you for this! While moving development as a whole to GH is still
>> an
>> open question, it definitely helps to have a presence there, and an
>> editable  tracking method for various goals is helpful.
>>
>> There is a lot of previous development tracking work at
>> https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Xymon/Developer_Guide
>> , but I'm not certain wikibooks itself is the best platform for hosting
>> of
>> it. Of course, much does need to be updated there, but an intro going
>> forward would be helpful.
>>
>> There's a LOT to chew through here; if we have any Library Science folks
>> on the list, your input would be appreciated ;)
>>
>>
>> I've also been compiling a list of various Xymon/Hobbit presentations
>> and
>> intro materials that have been posted out there. In the interim (before
>> any major re-structuring of a home page), simply making more details
>> available for folks and leveraging the explainers people have already
>> done
>> (including the xymon 7 man page) would probably be helpful.
>>
>>
>> Agreed that the most pending immediate issue would be the mailing list,
>> especially if there's a transfer/hosting contract deadline coming up.
>>
>> Henrik: Would you like me to start working on a mailman hosting build?
>>
>> Regards,
>> -jc
>>
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